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The IATSE legal department is blasting Senate Republicans for rushing through the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett while refusing to take action to help struggling workers during the coronavirus pandemic. "It apparently was far more important to rush through a Supreme Court nomination than it is…

One in five industry women who responded to the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission's survey on sexual harassment said they'd been sexually assaulted at work over the course of their careers. And 1 in 20 said that they were sexually assaulted on the job in just the 12 months prior to taking the groundbreaking survey…

Los Angeles’ American Federation of Musicians Local 47 has endorsed Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president. The local's AFM parent union endorsed the Democratic candidates in August. Other entertainment industry unions and PACs that have endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket include IATSE, Actors'…

Animators at Titmouse Vancouver have unionized, voting 98% to 2% to join the Animation Guild, IATSE Local 938. IATSE says it's the first animation studio in Canada to become unionized. The studio’s many animated titles include Black Panther for BET, Star Trek: Lower Decks for CBS All Access, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Ad…

Updated with response from Actors’ Equity. SAG-AFTRA has filed a jurisdictional complaint against Actors’ Equity in their ongoing dispute over the taping of live theatrical presentations. The union filed the complaint and a request for mediation with the Associated Actors and Artistes of America – commonly known as…

UPDATED with SAG-AFTRA response at bottom: The war of words in the increasingly bitter jurisdictional dispute between SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity continued today with Equity president Kate Shindle blasting SAG-AFTRA for interfering in her union's internal affairs by launching a "sham investigation" into one of its…

The usually fractious SAG-AFTRA national board of directors unanimously has approved a resolution reaffirming the union's jurisdiction over the taping of live theater productions, accusing Actors' Equity Association of taking part in a "surreptitious campaign to encroach upon SAG-AFTRA jurisdiction." The board…

As the long-simmering jurisdictional dispute between Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA continues to unfold in public, Equity executive director Mary McColl today disputed SAG-AFTRA's claim that Equity had asked for a "waiver" to represent actors who perform in taped stage presentations during the pandemic – a jurisdiction…

UPDATED with Actors’ Equity response: SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association are locked in a jurisdictional dispute over the taping of live theatrical presentations. SAG-AFTRA has long held that jurisdiction, but says that it's offered AEA a waiver to help out their fellow actors during the coronavirus shutdown of…

A march on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Beverly Hills mansion is planned today by activist groups, who hope to draw attention to the e-commerce giant’s business practices and working conditions. The march is scheduled before Amazon’s annual Prime Day, in which the website offers discounts and special sales. This year…

UPDATED, 1:29 PM: The American Federation of Musicians said today that its march in Manhattan that was planned for Monday has been postponed to Tuesday due to forecasts of inclement weather. PREVIOUSLY, October 1: Musicians will march musically and rally in Manhattan next week to demand a fair contract for the house…

UPDATED with statement from fund’s trustees: Actors' Equity is calling on union trustees of the Equity-League Health Fund to withdraw their support from a plan that will make it more difficult for theatrical actors and stage managers across the country to qualify for health benefits when legitimate theaters…